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"Davis poses a danger to children I am pleased we’ve been able to put him behind bars."

Kieron Barr

Kieron Barr (Image: Essex Police)

Kieron Barr was jailed for sexually abusing a baby.

Canadian police officers found conversations which linked Barr to the distribution of illegal and indecent images of children.

They alerted the National Crime Agency who identified Barr from his presence online.

On November 25, 2019 he was arrested at his home in Southend.

He was charged and he admitted one count of rape, two counts of assault by penetration, three counts of taking an indecent image of a child, and three counts of distributing indecent images of a child.

On February 14 this year, he was jailed for 12 and a half years at Basildon Crown Court.

On top of his jail time, he was handed another five-year sentence on license.

He was also placed on the sex offenders register for life, and is now subject to a sexual harm prevention order, which is also for life.

PC Mark Goodchild, from the Child Abuse Investigative Team, said: "Kieron Barr has carried out vile abuse against young and vulnerable children.

"He documented the abuse and then shared it with others online, further exploiting his victims.

"These offences are unthinkable and show just how dangerous an offender Barr is.

"He will now spend a significant time behind bars where he will no longer pose a danger to children.

"I want to praise the courage of those effected by Barr’s crimes. It’s an unimaginable thing to have to go through and I hope this sentence will help the process of moving forward."

Phillip Cast

Philip Cast (Image: Essex Police)

Phillip Cast was found guilty of sexually abusing a teenage girl in Tilbury between 2014 and 2016.

The 48-year-old was sentenced at Basildon Crown Court on Wednesday, March 4 to eight years in prison.

Back in September 2019, police officers received information about Cast's offences.

They promptly arrested him, interviewed him and secured phone evidence.

During the police interviews, he admitted to the crimes he had committed.

In addition to his jail time, he'll serve another five years on licence and will spend the rest of his life on the Sex Offenders' Register.

He said: "Cast has been jailed for sexually abusing a girl over two years.

"The victim has shown a great deal of courage and bravery. She helped provide evidence and she has assisted our officers with our investigation.

"These are horrible crimes committed against a vulnerable child and this is reflected in the length of sentence.

"The conviction also shows that we will always do whatever it takes to bring offenders like Cast to justice while providing support to victims and families."

Carl Spencer

Carl Spencer (Image: Essex Police)

Carl Spencer was jailed in February for having more than 200 indecent images and videos of children on his phone and Dropbox account.

Officers arrested the 31-year-old at an address in Southend, after they had received information that he had been sending sexual messages to a girl using a messaging app.

Further analysis on his phone found conversations between Spencer and girls as young as 12.

In many of these conversations, Spencer was found to have sent explicit images and videos of himself to the girls.

On February 13 at Basildon Crown Court, he pleaded guilty to 23 child sex offences.

These included, eight counts of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child, nine counts of distributing indecent images of children, three counts of possessing indecent images of children, two counts of causing a child to watch or look at an image of sexual activity and one count of attempting to cause or incident a girl to engage in sexual activity.

"Thanks to the work of numerous teams across the force, including the Police Online Investigation Team and Braintree CID, we were able to get a great result today.

"He will spend a significant amount of time behind bars and will still serve strict conditions when released on license."

Geoffrey Rimmington

Geoffrey Rimmington drove 130 miles away to meet who he believed was a 12-year-old girl (Image: SWNS)

In January, Geoffrey Rimmington was jailed after a hearing at Warwick Crown Court.

He had travelled 130 miles with a duvet and a box of condoms, to meet what he thought was a 12-year-old girl in a McDonald's in Basildon.

It was actually a fake online profile set up by a group of 'paedophile hunters'.

The 65-year-old lorry driver was arrested at the scene and Rimmington later admitted attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity, attempting to meet a child from grooming and owning extreme animal pornography.

He was sentenced to 18 months in prison, and ordered to sign the Sex Offender's Register for 10 years.

Recorder Jacob Hallam QC, presiding, told Rimmington during his sentencing remarks: "Plainly these offences are very serious, even when they do not involve a real child.

"From a very early stage you knew she was, ostensibly at least, a vulnerable child under the age of 13.

"There was a point when matters touching on sexual behaviour arose, you asking whether she slept naked and matters of that order, and you incited her to touch what was referred to as her ‘flower.’

"You went to meet her, having groomed her, and as you said to the author of the pre-sentence report, there was in your mind at least the possibility of sexual contact with her.

"This is a case not only of a child you believed to be under 13, but also who you believed to be in care, and therefore even more vulnerable."

Robert Prior

Robert Prior was found guilty of trying to film young girls changing in a swimming pool using a 'spy camera'.

The Billericay man visited the London Aquatic Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, Greater London, equipped with a key-ring camera between 2017 and 2018.

Officers carried out a search of his Billericay home in July 2018, after receiving reports he had been discussing the sexual abuse of children with others online.

In the search, they seized a number of items, including his phone, laptop and the keyring camera.

On his phone, they found indecent images of children.

The 43-year-old was jailed for two years and nine months on January 6 at Basildon Magistrates Court.

He was found guilty of three counts of making indecent images of children, two counts of attempting to take indecent images of children, and one count of publishing an obscene article.

He was also given an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

Investigating officer PC Sam Kyle, from the Police Online Investigation Team, said: "Robert Prior carried out a plan to try and film young girls as they changed but fortunately was not successful.

"He actively searched out others who shared his obscene desires to not only discuss them, but to watch indecent images with them.

"His crimes will have a lasting impact on those affected and I hope this sentence will help them move forward.

"He did at least admit his crimes and will now be spending the foreseeable future behind bars."

Daniel Archbold

Daniel Archbold has been jailed for 15 years (Image: Met Police)

A jury took just 20 minutes to find Daniel Archbold guilty of two counts of rape on March 12.

The Dagenham man was described as a "prolific and dangerous" sex offender in court.

He had previously been found guilty of nine counts of sexual assault of a child and 21 counts of taking indecent images of children.

Jailed on May 1 for all counts, he will serve 15 years in prison.

He'll spend an additional year on licence, will be the subject of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and subject to Sex Offender notifications indefinitely.

Detective Constable Sam Rivers lead the investigation and she said: "Archbold’s actions were sickening and affected the lives of so many people.

"The fact that he breached his Sexual Risk Order twice shows just how prolific and dangerous he is.

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"Prison is the only place for this man and thanks to the person who reported their concerns to us and the subsequent investigation, he will be there for a long time.

"This has been a particularly distressing case for everyone involved and I commend everyone who played their part in giving evidence and supporting our enquiries.

"People who look at or share indecent images of children online may think that their offending is harmless but that couldn’t be further from the truth.

"There is a vulnerable child being exploited and abused in every indecent image or video.

"By viewing and distributing them, the abuse is repeated over and again.

"Anyone who tries to find or distribute indecent images of children online can expect to come to our attention, and eventually be arrested and prosecuted."

Aaron Birchall

Aaron Birchall was handed a two-year jail term (Image: Essex Police)

Aaron Birchall was discovered masturbating in front of a toddler in a buggy on CCTV in Chelmsford's Primark store earlier this year.

Birchall, who lived on Shelley Road in Chelmsford, was only covered by a coat taken from the store itself.

The incident, which happened on January 16 this year, followed a further 11 similar offences which happened in Sussex in 2017.

He was arrested the following day on January 17 when he chose to return to the same shop.

Birchall has a long history of exposing himself in public, with doctors saying he has a 'compulsion to expose himself'.

On April 24, he was jailed at Chelmsford Crown Court for two years.

This included a 22-month sentence for five counts of performing a sexual act in the presence of a child to run concurrently alongside each other.